Smuggling of gold with intent to threaten or likely to threaten economic security of country is Terrorist act

Mohammed Aslam Son of Abdul Rashid Vs Union of India (Rajasthan High Court) Under Section 15(I)(a)(iiia) of the Act of 1967, the smuggling of gold with intent to threaten or likely to threaten the economic security of the country is very much covered under the smuggling of “any other material” Thus, the contention of the petitioner in this regard is not tenable. The offence under the Customs Act for smuggling of gold and the offence under Section 16 of Act of 1967 are distinct offences, hence, separate prosecutions are maintainable under the law. Therefore, merely on the basis of prosecuti...